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Newspaper Page TextPAGE FOUR THE BEND BULLETIN, BEND. OREGON WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21, 1950 THE BEND BULLETIN and CENTRAL OREGON PRESS Tha BeM Bulletin (Weakly) 1908-1031 Tba B.nd Bulletin (Dally) Est. 101 Published Every Afternoon Except Sunday and Certain Holiday, by The Bend Uulletin 736 -188 Wall Street Bend. Orcaun Entered u Second CImj Hatter, January , 1017, at the Poetotfice at Bend, Oregon Under Act of March 8, 187U. ROBERT W. SAWYER Editor-Manager HENRY N. FOWLER AaaoelaU Editor An Independent Newspaper Standing- for the Square Deal, Clean Bueineaa, Clean Politic ana the Beat Interests of Bend and Central Oregon ' . . " MEMBER AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATIONS By Mall . By Carrier On Year V...I8.S0 One Year $12 00 Six Months 84.50 Six months 16.00 Three Month 82.60 One Month 81.00 All Subscription! art DUE and PAYABLE IN ADVANCE Pleaxa notify us of any change of address or failure to receive the phiht regularly. WASHINGTON COLUMN By , Want.) ntf ton Corrttt,Hrtqent) THE VOTERS' DECISION In record numbers for a school election the people went to the polls Monday and said their say on the question of bond ing for new high school construction. It was a definite "No" that they put on record. The vote was not a landslide of oppo sition but it was a clear, decisive majority, The people had been asked to express their choice of two possibilities. One was that of debt financing a senior high school building, which would have allowed a change to the junior-senior high school system in local public education and at the same time have provided class rooms for expected increased attendance. The other was continuance of pay-as-you-go provision for building, with additions to present facilities as need should arise. The people preferred the latter. ' From the viewpoint of increased effectiveness of organiza tion as well as excellence of physical plant there can be no doubt that the new construction method of meeting school problems was recognized as the better one. Why then the adverse vote on the bonds? The reason is not hard to find. It may be summed up in the words, "tax revolt". The bond issue was proposed in the amount of $780,000. It is apparent that, under the circumstances, this was considered too much. Plan ned for 15 year serial repayment it would have required an annual tax rate. scaling down over the years from slightly more than eight mills to a fraction, in excess of six mills. Bonds are but deferred taxes and the public is becoming increasingly tax conscious.. With the tremendous load of fed eral levies, state taxes which would be imposing if not com pared with the federal rates, each increase in local costs, whether city, county or school district, is felt more and more acutely by the ovecburdened taxpayer.' Evidence of this has been accumulating in defeated excess levies here and there and in rejected bond proposals. The trend was seen in the defeat of the state levy in the 1948 state election, again in the refusal of a Portland special tax in May of this year. These are mentioned because of their size but there have been other refusals to go along with adminis tration taxing policy, one only last week in Bend when the excess beyond the six per cent limitation for the city budget was turned down. We think there will be others and that the tax revolt will extend to strong voter disapproval of federal expenditures as well as those of local government. The foregoing is in no way to be taken aa an endorsement' of the decision reached at Monday's school election. Our preference, stated and reiterated, was for new construction and for the debt which it would have involved. But we can well understand the opposition to debt financing and rising taxes which underlay the negative vote on the school board's proposal.' Now, as matters stand, the voters of the district have passed upon an important question of policy as well as mak ing Immediate disposition of the bond question. The school administration, as is proper,. accepts the directive. We have been asked if any effort will be made to resubmit the bonds. The question apparently grows out of some fan cied similarity to the city's situation in, which rejection of an excess levy for 1950-51 operation necessitates an election on a new levy based on a revised budget if municipal adminis tration is to continue. Actually there is no resemblance except that in each taxes are involved. The city cannot get along without financial provision for the coming fiscal' year. For the school district such provision has already been made. And so there is no reason why there should be any resubmis sion of the bonding "proposal. Nor is there any indication that this will be done. Quite the contrary. As conditions are today the question has been answered. Only if conditions change to a degree presenting new, espe cially significant evidence of urgent need for another high school building should bonding again be rtiado the issue in a Bend district election. Peter Edxon (NEA Anderson, Intl. .(NEA) When the organizers of the Anderson American Guard decided to launch their good government movement to clean up local po litical conditions, they figured that the cost of educating the voters and arousing public inter est would be about one dollar per head. Madison county has a pop ulation of about 100,000. That meunt a budget of $100,000 for a 15ionth period October, 1949 to December, 1950. This would carry them through the May, 1950 primary and the November election. Actually, the Guard's executive director, young C. O. "Chuck" Harbaugh, says It has operated on something 'less than that. He estimates costs will be about $75, 000. Most of this has gone for printing, newspaper advertising and radio time. The Guard's staff, In addition to the $12,000-ayear director, In cludes a research director, an au- dllor, a publicity man, two secre taries and a messenger. Head quarters is in the first floor of a big old frame house a few blocks ofi Main street. It has a neon sign to make clear its location and Its open operations. The dues were put at $5 per family unit. The Guard now claims a membership of about 4000, in about 2500 family units. That means about $12,500 from memberships. The Guard decided it would take no money from cor porations or business firms. But several individuals have contrib- tiled $1000 apiece, others $500. $200, $100, $50, $20, $10. m 9 It was decided to organize from the bottom up, instead of from the top down. There are 65 pre cincts in the 14 townships of Mad ison county. The average precinct had about 600 to 800 voters. In a few rural areas, the township was the precinct. In the city the precincts took In 10 tb 20 city blocks. The big job was educational, and It was aimed at the May pri mary. What were the officers to be elected what did they do? What were their salaries? How long were they elected for? What did a congressman do, a circuit court judge, the prosecuting at torney, the state legislators, the county clerk, recorder and com missioners, the township trustees, justice of the peace, constable? Next, who were the candidates: Their names, their records? Here the American Guard de cided to publish a "Voters' Man ual." It is a 56-page pamphlet. I'm told that when the Guard took the copy for this manual to one Indianapolis print shop, U.A. W.-C.I.O. headquarters in Detroit called up the printer and told him er get any more union business. He passed it up. But another un ion shop took it, and the booklet came out with a union label. . a One other statistic offered is that of 18 candidates endorsed by the C.I.O.-P.A.C. 15 Democrats and three republicans six were nominated and 12 were defeated. The C.I.O. union papers blast ed the American Guard at every chance. Shop and local union newspapers criticized the Guard and radio time was taken to cri ticize it. The Guard claimed it endorsed no candidates of either party. There may have been some cheat ing on this. But the effort was made to keep the whole cam paign bi-partisan. The information collected by the Guard was turned over to ed ucational leaders, meeting direct ors, telephone assistants and cor respondents appointed for each of the 65 precincts and smaller units. The result of all this awaken ing of public interest spoke for Itself in the primary election last May. Fifty-six per cent of Mad ison county's eligible voters went to the polls. This was higher than any of Indiana's 92 counties. In the 1948 primary the turn-out in Madison county was only 33 per cent of the voters. Clay Henderson Takes Own Life Frankfurt, Germany, June 21 U Clay H. Henderson, 33, U. S. vice consul here, killed himself in his quarters yesterday, Ameri can authorities announced today. Henderson shot himself after writing several notes, one to his mother, Mrs. Virginia R. Hender son of Ventura, Calif., the an nouncement said. It added that none of the notes indicated any reason for suicide except possibly In the mention of his deafness which required him to .wear a hearing aid. Associates said he. was extremely sensitive about his ailment. CAVE-IN FATAL Silverton, June 21 ill') A cave in below a watqr reservoir In Sil-' ver Falls state park yesterday killed 28-year-old Harold R. Tay lor, a Silverton construction worker. While he was digging out a broken water pipe in the Smith creek youth camp area, the top of the tunnel caved in on Taylor and buried him. Three other workers were in the tunnel .but they -were not hurt. It took 20 minutes to dig Tay lor's body out of the cave-in, but he failed to benefit from arti- if he took the job, he would nev J filial respiration. , - A reader asks why we do not have "A People's Corner" where citizens may air their troubles. But we do have one. The head over it is "Communications" and under that head letters to the editor are printed regularly. If the writer of the letter now before us will write again signing his name and giving his address we shall be glad to print what he has to say. , Bend's Yesterdays (From The Bulletin Files) Forty Years Ago A railroad camp has been in stalled within a mile of town by the' contracting firm of Bryan & Youngstrom, who have 4'4 miles of work from Bond north ward. The new camp is directly lieslde the Prlnevllle road opposite the Kills bridge across the Pilot Hullo canal. The net result of the wilier right hearing for the first week is dismissal of alioul 25 contests against the Columbia Southern Irrigating company. An Initiative petition for a new county to be formed from the northwestern part of Crook coun ty and known as Deschutes, was filed with the secretary of stale. Redmond is to be the countv seat. Charter members of the Otld Fellows loriRi. inslitutcd with the Laidlaw lodge putting on the de gree work, are listed as follows: Lon L. Fox, Archie Pallie, C. P. Nlswongcr, M. J. Kellev, M. C. Knotts, I. R. Knolls, E. T. Butts, A. I,. French, Frank F. Elchstcad, E. E. Parker and Cort Allen. Initiated, received al the first meeting, were J. T. Edwards, N. P. welder, Ralph Spenser, W. A. Bates, Grant Borcan. C. M. Davis Ralph E. Lewis. W. C, Griffin, R. M. Elder, J. W. Davis. G. W. Cort son, (loetzen itt. Dr. B. Ferrell has purchased a Hudson runabout car. In pursuance to the order pass ed at last week's council meeting concerning piazzas and platforms over the sidewalk, those in front of Mllliird T. Trlplell's and the Merrill Drug Co.'s cstabllshmenls have been removed. The James E. Reed sawmill, on the. Central Oregon catial at the E. A. Smith place, began sawing last Monday. Dulles to Meet. Gen. MacArthur Tokyo, June 21 Uli John Fos ter Dulles, republican adviser lo the U. S. state department, flew to Tokyo today to consult Gen. Douglas MacArthur about a quick peace treaty for Japan, without Russia If necessary. MacArthur and Mrs. MacAr thur greeted Dulles, Mrs. Dulles and John Allison, chief of the northeastern Asian affairs divi sion of the stale department, on Ihelr arrival at Tokyo airport from Seoul, Korea. Dulles planned to confer with Mac-Arthur's headquarters- staff on the general occupation situa tion Inter today, then get down to brass tacks with the general him self tomorrow, Dulles would not say whether he also would confer with U. S. defense secretary Louis Johnson and Gen. Omar N. Bradley, chair man of the joint chiefs of staff, during his visit here. Johnnm and Bradley Inspected the U. S. naval and air base at Yokosuka at the entrance to Tokyo bay today, Johnson Indicated he was I il I'l 111 I-1 ill ',,.',. (if I'l.l ilitliixT llwi J. II. BuckholtZ, Charll'R huso v.m ndnvn li,.,-n t, iv l.,.e J. L. Olson and G. Slier-! been signed. The base, onlv Hub air miles from soviet submarine pens In Siberia, was built bv the Japanese before world war II al a cost ol alMiut Slilio.iKXVKH). Bulltlin Classified Bring Keult8 ('OYKMt KI.Kl TKI Redmond, June 21 With seventy-five people casting their votes at the grade school flection on Monday, Berwyn Coyner was elected a new director for a five year term. Retiring director of tile board is Ernest Wilson, who was not a candidate for reelec tion. We Have Cine-Kodak Film! J lor Your Movie Camera Bring back the highlights of your 4th of July outing and relive them again and again on your own movie screen. Get your film today 8 mm. or 16 mm. Introducing Primrose House Cosmetics COMPLETE TREATMENT LINE Including Witchery Chiffon and Forget-Me-Not Colognes KAR-SHAVE Use Your Klectrlc Shaver In Your Car, Boat, . Trailer, etc. $9.95 i ef .it's . x . -II sun-satiowi: America's leading Sun Tan lotion "Lets you tan. never burn" Large bottle... 79c Regular bottle 39c when tmd rrnrrling to diftctiom TAMPAX IN 3 SIZES Tampax gives efficient, com fortable monthly protection. Worn internally, so it cannot "show"- even under a swim suit or sheet evening dress. Regular, Super, Junior. I MR. TIN 1 wm VI. a si imitt Mill turn VANCE T. COYNESS mm PHONE 50 U2MBM!Ml!Minna Out on the Farm By lis 8. Grant June 21 Six-year-old Christine Johnson doesn't read "Out on the Farm," so it will be all right to tell about the funny she made the other night. Mama and Papa Johnson and the two little Johnsons were out working in the rockery at Ran cho Costamoucha. Before long, quite a pile of weeds had accu mulated, and little Chrlsttne thought It would be fun to roll and romp In them, just like she always does when the lawn is mowed, and there's a sizable pile of grass cuttings. Mrs. Johnson, not wanting the weeds scattered around the gar den, 'told her youngest to stop playing in them. "Why?" asked Christine, just like any little girl. "Because I told you not to!" said Mrs. J. sternly. Just like any mother. -, Christine walked ' away, with Ill-concealed disgust. "Oh well," she muttered. "Ask foolish ques tions and you .get foolish answers." Romance Rugged! Caldwell, Ida., June 21 (IP) Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Brigance of Arock, Ore., hoped today their married life would be smoother than their wedding last night in Caldwell. Best man Ervin Gardiner faint ed as he stepped fojward to hand the minister the ring. The 125 guests searched high and low, but couldn't find the -ring until Gard iner revived and pulled it from his pocket. ' Just before the wedding, the bride had her own troubles. The zipper on her wedding gown stuck and a vital gap had to be sewed shut. HOSTILE HEN PASSES ON Albany, Ga. ilf The strange saga of "Mad Bessie" has ended. The white leghorn hen noted for her sudden attacks on farm "ani mals and humans died in her "cell" at the county health de partment dog pound. British Sportsmen Claim Baseball Second Rate Game By J. J. Median (United frees Star! Correspondent) London IP British sportsmen, who believe baseball a second rate game, are studying the use of radar to make cricket more scientific. "Just another little refinement to make the game even more sci entific," a cricket player said. "Even now it is more scientific than your crude game of base ball." He said radar would be useful around any cricket wicket. He dug a clipping from a sporting paper out of his blue, gold-buttoned cricket coat. It said radar could be used to spot rain clouds out of sight beyond the horizon far in advance. Quite So, Old Chap A team with radar screens, the paper said with a straight face, would have the advantage of pre dicting its own weather. The team would not .have to depend on weathermen who speak to other mortals, it added. Sportsmen here consider base ball a much slower game than cricket. The men who claim base ball was invented 'here almost a century .before America learned whac the game was all about said PLANE OVERDUE Portland, June 21 (Ui The civil aeronautics administration ' re ported late yesterday a plane piloted by T. W. Hanson of Ephrata, Wash., was overdue and believed lost on a flight from Hillsboro, Ore. . . Officials said Hanson called in his flight plan yesterday after noon, saying he would fly his Taylorcraft nigh wing monoplane by way of The Dalles, Ore., and Yakima, Wash., with a possible gasoline stop at Ellensburg, Wash. They believed he was alone in the craft. Washington and Oregon state police were alerted to look for the plane which -had only four hours fuel supply when it took off at Hillsboro at 4:30 p.m. The craft carried no radio. the top American slugger would just be a 'dud with a cricket bat "It's a matter of speed," one said, "and your American bats men are slow.'' " He said scientific tests, run be fore the war, proved Britain's top cricketers actually were super men. He claims tests showed their reflexes were faster even than those of other top sportsmen. When the 'Cricket pitcher "bowler" that Is throws towaij the wicket, he can bounce the hn off the ground In front of the ? ter in addition to throwing . curve. "Your batsmen would new., touch It," he said. nevw "Don't believe It?" he asked, ft, dug a musty note from thefii club"6 8 leaa'ns cricks It -claimed Babe Ruth strut out, standing at a wicket, faciie one of England's leading bowteS on a visit here years ago. Use classified ads In TheBulleii,, for quick results. The perfect gift for every occasion ' mXJE STERLING 1 ss 1 No woman ever had enough Sterling silver! So whether she's this year's bride, or was a bride many Junes ago, choose this occasion to help her complete her set of Towle Sterling. Let us show you the serving pieces in all the lovely Towle Sterling patterns Ladles, . 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